Nissan will unveil the Terrano on the 20th of August but no one has to
wait another two days to see how it looks. The automaker has already
dispatched the Terrano to a few dealers and the vehicle was snapped by
Mrunal Gandhi in a stockyard. These uncamouflaged pictures of the Nissan Terrano
reveal the complete exteriors of the vehicle, which is clearly a
re-badged Renault Duster with changes to many body parts. Nissan is
expected to start sales of the Terrano as soon as next month, otherwise
the company wouldn’t be dispatching cars to dealers.
Nissan has made extensive changes to the front and rear of the
vehicle with the side seeing a higher body line going through the door
handles rather than below it. The front takes heavy inspiration from
other Nissan SUVs and sports a bold chrome grille and new blackened out
headlights.
The side of the Nissan Terrano carries the same mirrors and roof
rails (finished in silver at the rear rather than black) but you get
differently designed alloy wheels and blackened B and C-pillars. The
rear is where most of the changes seem to be done. Except the rear
windshield, everything else is new in terms of design like the new
chrome garnish which thankfully doesn’t have TERRANO boldly written on
it
Other than the exterior changes, Nissan will also make changes to the
interiors of the Terrano but they will be very minor. The dashboard
will remain largely the same as the Duster but Nissan will give the
Terrano a new instrument cluster and AC vents. The steering wheel will
adorn the Nissan badge but save for these changes, the rest of the cabin
will be identical to the Terrano’s French cousin. The Terrano will be
powered by the same 1.5-litre k9k diesel engine and a petrol option is
unlikely.
The Nissan Terrano will be priced around Rs. 50,000/- more than the
Renault Duster which will make it difficult for the Japanese company to
convince buyers to opt for their SUV over Renault’s. With the arrival of
the Ford EcoSport,
the Duster is already facing the heat and we are wondering how Nissan
will sell the Terrano with a significant premium, when people have
started finding the Duster overpriced.
Source - Motorbeam
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